• Wrecked plans, imagined futures
    8/6/15

    UB faculty member Dave Alff has been awarded an NEH stipend to travel to England to investigate rare manuscripts outlining projects that sought to advance British society in the 1600s and 1700s.

  • Shall we dance?
    8/6/15

    UB Swing club helps students gain confidence and make connections.

  • Authenticity key to Trump popularity
    8/6/15

    While Donald Trump's authenticity is boosting his popularity in the polls, that campaign style will come back to haunt him, UB faculty member James Campbell predicts.

  • Dementia spending priorities differ
    8/6/15

    A new UB study has found that dementia patients and their caregivers prefer federal research funding be spent on better care and support than on finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

  • Without complete certainty, families will cling to hope
    8/6/15

    Debris that washed up on a remote island must be identified with certainty as coming from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in order to give closure to the families of the victims, UB trauma expert Nancy Smyth says.

  • Tops in the sandbox
    8/6/15

    Buffalo Automation Group, a startup robotics company founded by three UB engineering students, won the top prize last week at the inaugural Buffalo Student Sandbox contest.

  • Hand-me-downs that help
    8/6/15

    Campus Living clothing drives this spring collected nearly 10 tons of goods for two Buffalo-based organizations.

  • Splitting Light
    8/6/15

    The UB Art Gallery, which was closed the past year due to construction in the Center for the Arts, will reopen on Sept. 24 with an exhibition by artists who are engaging with color as a medium within their varied practices.

  • Walk this way
    8/6/15

    Beginning this fall, pedestrians entering the North Campus using the Flint Entrance on Maple Road will find the going a bit easier — and safer — thanks to a new sidewalk.

  • A boost from Pitch Prep
    8/6/15

    The 30 local semifinalists in the 43North business idea contest may gain a leg up on their out-of-town competition by taking part in a series of events designed to sharpen their business skills.

  • Growing human serotonin in petri dish
    8/6/15

    UB scientists have generated human serotonin neurons from human fibroblasts, work that could help the discovery of new antidepressants and drugs for illnesses involving the neurotransmitter.

  • Welcome to UB
    8/6/15

    Orientation leaders share their love for UB with incoming students to help make the transition from high school to college a little easier.

  • Valor, commitment, service
    8/6/15

    The UB Police Department yesterday recognized officers and staff for heroism and quick action at its Ninth Annual Awards Ceremony.

  • Saving sponges
    8/10/15

    UB chemist Jason Benedict lands a prestigious NSF CAREER award to do research that could help extend the lives of light-activated crystal sponges.

  • Surprising fungus with ‘Trojan horse’
    8/10/15

    UB dental researchers are borrowing a famous strategy from Greek warfare — the Trojan horse — to fight a fungus that exists in the mouths and skin of nearly half of the world’s population.

  • NIH awards UB $16 million CTSA grant
    8/13/15

    UB has received a prestigious $16 million Clinical and Translational Science Award to speed the delivery of new drugs, diagnostics and medical devices to patients.

  • At the movies
    9/11/15

    "Citizen Kane," considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, is among the offerings in the fall 2015 edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars.  

  • Forging relationships
    8/13/15

    UB alum Vincent Coppola has been instrumental in the Graduate School of Education’s involvement with local school districts.

  • Promoting diversity
    8/13/15

    UB has joined an effort by the Obama administration to increase diversity in the tech sector.

  • Courtney in Russia
    8/13/15

    Life in the formerly closed Russian military city of Saratov was challenging — but fun and certainly memorable — for UB Fulbright scholar Courtney Burroughs.

  • Race and Medicare Part D
    8/13/15

    A new study by UB faculty member Louanne Bakk is the first to examine how race and gender relate to the coverage gap in Medicare Part D.

  • Serving the community
    8/13/15

    Incoming UB medical students last week tackled overgrown gardens and cleaned out a house that will be rehabbed for new tenants as part of the school's second annual Medical Student Day of Service.

  • Benefiting from clinical research
    8/13/15

    UB's new Clinical and Translational Science Award provides significant resources to help advance translational research by emphasizing partnerships with underserved communities in Western New York.

  • Humanities funding
    8/13/15

    UB is among 14 SUNY campuses awarded $160,000 for projects supported by the SUNY Arts and Humanities Network of Excellence.

  • Big data’s role in transportation
    8/13/15

    Leaders in the emerging field of transportation informatics are gathering at UB for the first annual symposium aimed at addressing the role of big data in addressing critical transportation issues.

  • Wilderness vs. captivity
    8/20/15

    Law professor Irus Braverman’s new book explores what it means to be captive and what it means to be managed.

  • Increasing graduation rates
    8/20/15

    UB is among five public research universities selected as finalists for a national award recognizing universities for their innovative strategies to increase undergraduate student retention and graduation rates.

  • National recognition
    8/20/15

    RIA Director Kenneth Leonard has been recognized for his outstanding scientific contributions by the American Psychological Association’s Society of Addiction Psychology.

  • UB expert weighs in on college athletes unionization ruling
    8/20/15

    It might appear that Northwestern football players lost the battle for representation, but they won the war, according to UB sports law expert Nellie Drew.

  • Medical school holds white coat ceremony
    8/20/15
    Members of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Class of 2019 received their white coats during a ceremony Aug. 14 in the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre.
  • My summer with NASA
    8/20/15

    UB engineering PhD candidate Aldonis Pimienta-Penalver spent his summer working on NASA's HELIOS project, an advanced solar sail concept. Here's his first-person account.

  • RIA, bullying center partner on grant
    8/20/15

    Scientists at UB's Research Institute on Addictions will collaborate with the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention on a five-year study examining violence, victimization and substance abuse among high-risk youth.

  • Brain equation: Subtract protein, generate myelin-making cells
    8/20/15

    Timing is everything. That’s the conclusion of UB scientists after deleting from the adult brain a protein necessary for early development.

  • UB lends helping hand
    8/20/15

    About 160 members of the UB community fanned out across the Buffalo area to volunteer in the 20th annual United Way Day of Caring, the largest community service event in Western New York.

  • Economic security requires new measures of well-being
    8/20/15
    Economic well-being for low-income families in the U.S. is often determined by federal measures that establish basic requirements for essentials such as food, shelter and clothing, but a new study by a UB research team suggests that such a definition is unrealistically narrow.
  • UB spinoff awarded funding for Star Trek-like technology
    8/21/15
    New drugs to treat heartburn, allergies, mental disorders and other maladies are constantly under development.
  • Retreat exposes UB students to democracy in Europe
    8/21/15

    Lawyers as Agents of Social Change program gives students access to prominent lawyers, judges, politicians and professors to ask questions about the legal profession, law school and what it means to be an attorney.

  • Nursing, Pharmacy schools offer early flu shots
    8/21/15
    The School of Nursing and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have joined forces to form a pilot interprofessional clinic that will offer early influenza shots to the incoming PharmD Class of 2019 — a group of nearly 140 students.
  • Welcome home
    8/27/15

    UB students — newbies as well as grizzled veterans — descend on campus this weekend for the start of the 2015-16 academic year and the university has planned a variety of events and activities to welcome them to their home away from home.

  • Studying impact of stress on police health
    8/27/15

    How do the rigors of police work affect officers? A new UB study seeks to answer that very important question.

  • No worries for average investor
    8/27/15

    UB finance professor Cristian Tiu says the recent volatility in the stock market poses little concern for the average investor who is in the market for the long haul.

  • New office builds momentum
    8/27/15

    As the UB Law School expands its global presence, a new Office of International and Graduate Programs will build on that growth.

  • Moss to lead diversity efforts
    8/27/15

    Margaret Moss has been named the School of Nursing's first assistant dean of diversity and inclusion.

  • Club at UB Stadium named in honor of Gicewicz
    8/27/15

    New club seating in UB Stadium will be named the Edmond J. Gicewicz Club in recognition of Gicewicz’s more than six decades of commitment and loyalty to the university.  

  • Fellowship honors Dimitriadis
    8/27/15

    The Civic Engagement and Public Policy initiative has established a research mentoring fellowship in memory of colleague Greg Dimitriadis.

  • New insights into addiction
    8/27/15

    National experts on behavioral neuroscience, adolescent substance abuse and prescription drug addiction will visit UB’s Research Institute on Addictions during its Fall Seminar Series.

  • A little love at lunch
    8/27/15

    Staff from Campus Dining and Shops offer parents some tips on packing a healthy and memorable school lunch for their children.

  • He's got talent
    8/27/15

    UB alum Gary Vider has made it to the semifinals of “America's Got Talent.”

  • Shooting highlights ‘American phenomenon’ of disgruntled former employee
    8/27/15

    The concept of a disgruntled former employee shooting co-workers — as happened on Wednesday to a Virginia TV news crew — seems to be an especially American phenomenon, UB trauma expert Nancy Smyth says.

  • Tracking ‘farm to table’ spurs purchases
    8/27/15

    Customers are more likely to purchase food products when grocers can show where and how the food was produced and shipped, according to new research from the School of Management.